For immediate release: Wednesday 23 October A series of high-profile events to highlight the importance of transparency for development, innovation, equitable growth, and poverty reduction will begin tomorrow. The first ever Global Transparency Week (October 24 – November 1) is taking place at a time when public interest in government and corporate transparency has never been higher. Hosted […]
Madrid/Luxembourg, 17 October 2013 — In a case brought by Access Info Europe, the European Court of Justice today rejected arguments by the Council of the European Union that it should be able to keep secret the identities of Member States making proposals in the context of negotiations on future EU legislation. This is the […]
The Gates Foundation has announced plans to join the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), the internationally-agreed common standard for publishing information about spending on development. As one of the first private foundations to become a member, it is part of a growing alliance that includes the countries that spend money on foreign aid and many […]
The Netherlands and Bangladesh have been confirmed as chairs of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) steering committee. The new chair and vice-chairs, respectively, were confirmed at the committee meeting yesterday in Copenhagen. The Netherlands will represented by Robin Uyterlinde, and Bangladesh will be represented by Abul Kalam Azad. The appointment will last for two years. […]
Publish What You Fund is launching the 2013 Aid Transparency Index (ATI) on October 24, 2013. The Index is the only global measure of the state of aid transparency in the world’s leading aid organizations. Co-hosted with The Brookings Institution and Oxfam America, the event will include the perspective of a leading Southern voice, […]
Paris, le 18 septembre – Alors que François Hollande se rend au Mali pour l’investiture du nouveau président, la France a annoncé hier la mise en ligne d’un site internet de traçabilité de l’aide française au Mali. « Cette première en France », selon les mots même du Ministre du développement porteur de cette initiative, est certes une […]
